PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College women's track & field junior
Malia Heien reset her own program record to rocket into the top-25 in the nation in the 800M, to lead the Pioneers on Saturday at the Portland Twilight and Pac-12 Open Meets.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Women's track & field had a large group of runners compete on their home track at the Portland Twilight Meet. Sophomore thrower
Divinity Singleton traveled to Oregon State University for the Pac-12 Open.
PORTLAND TWILIGHT RECAP
Heien put together the standout performance of the night at Eldon Fix Track. The junior shaved off over two seconds off her program-record time in the 800M to finish ninth out of 29 competitors. Heien crossed the line in 2:11.17 to post the 22
nd-fastest time in NCAA DIII this season. Sophomore
Melissa Zurla placed 26
th in the event with a time of 2:37.97. Sophomores
Carolyn Mayberry and
DJ Kendrick finished in 27
th and 29
th overall. Mayberry ran a PR time of 2:41.01 and Kendrick posted a time of 2:47.87.
Junior
Elsie Chin added a top-15 time in program history in the 200M to lead a trio of Pioneers. Chin crossed the line in 26.48 to finish second out of seven runners in the event. Sophomore
Callow Soto took third place with a time of 27.06. Mayberry notched a PR mark of 29.53 to finish seventh.
Chin added a second-place finish in the 400M Hurdles. The junior registered a time of 1:05.62 to finish behind a runner from NCAA DI University of Portland.
Soto finished in fourth place in the 400M. She posted a mark of 1:00.25.
Junior
Madeleine Boyle graduated in the afternoon and then led four Pioneers in the 5,000M. Boyle came across in 14
th place with a time of 18:04.40. Heien finished second in the event with a mark of 18:28.73. First year
Talia Tomhave and junior
Miriam Reside finished back-to-back in 21
st and 22
nd places. Tomhave finished in 19:54.41 and Reside posted a time of 20:10.74.
Sophomore
Mackenzie Olver led the team in the 1,500M. Olver registered a PR time of 5:31.68 to finish 25
thoverall. Junior
Ali Kerschner took 26
th place with a time of 5:38.28.
Lewis & Clark entered one relay team on the evening. Kendrick, Zurla, Tomhave and Olver ran the 4x400M as a quartet for the first time. The Pioneers ran solo and posted a time of 4:43.36.
PAC-12 OPEN RECAP
Singleton competed in a trio of throwing events at the Pac-12 Open on Saturday afternoon.
The sophomore finished third in the hammer throw with a mark of 34.70M (113-10 Feet). Singleton came in fifth in the shot put, when she launched the implement 11.16M (36-07.50 Feet). In her final event of the day, she posted a mark of 28.68M (94-01 Feet) in the discus to place fifth overall.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Heien beat her PR time in the 800M by 2.14 seconds. Her new PR time of 2:11.17 is 2.95 seconds faster than the second-fastest runner in school history.
- Chin now sits in the top-15 in program history in the 200M, 400M and 400M Hurdles. She also ranks 40thoverall in program history in the 100M.
- With her time in the 800M, Heien is right on the bubble for a spot in the NCAA DIII Championship Meet. The NCAA takes the top-22 in each event to go to Nationals.
WHAT'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark will send a group of student-athletes to the George Fox University Last Chance Meet on Thursday.
